How does one even begin to talk about a book like The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise?
Coyote – why is she called Coyote? Why does the cover image show her sitting on top of a school bus?
Coyote’s mother and sisters die in a road accident and for her father, the only way to overcome grief is never to look back. So, he begins to call himself Rodeo, and never lets Coyote call him Dad. Nothing, nothing should remind them of the past. And returning to a place full of memories? That’s a no-go.
But when Coyote learns that she is about to lose one tangible aspect of her memories of her mother and sisters forever, she must go back. And somehow, she must get Rodeo to take her back without letting him find out what she’s doing because if he finds out, there’s no way he’ll take her there. How she does it is what makes her journey remarkable. The people she meets, the acts of kindness she and Rodeo perform – everything was beautiful. If there’s one rule Rodeo lives by, it’s kindness. And the number of times his kindness made me sob! What does it mean to be kind? How does someone who lives on a bus have the chance to be kind to other people? And how do you decide whom you can trust?
I laughed, cried and felt a deep sense of helplessness and heartache as I read Coyote’s story, a story that shows us that we stop at nothing to get closer to what we love.
| Title | The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise |
| Author | Dan Gemeinhart |
| Tags | Middle-Grade, Realistic Fiction |
| Rating (out of 5) | 5 |
| Age-group | 11+ |
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